tábua

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• táboa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tavoa, from Latin tabula (“board; plank”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈta.bu.a/, /ˈta.bwa/, /ˈta.bu.ɐ/, /ˈta.bwɐ/
• Homophone: Tábua
• Hyphenation: tá‧bu‧a

Noun

tábua f (plural tábuas)

1. board; plank (piece of wood)
2. chopping board
3. a small table for serving food or playing games
4. table (grid of data in rows and columns)
5. (Brazil, slang) a refusal or rejection, especially of a marriage proposal
6. (Brazil, slang, pejorative) a woman with very small breasts and hips almost the same size than waist (but not obese)

Synonyms

• (plank): ripa, sarrafo
• (chopping board): tábua de cortar, tabuleiro
• (grid of data): quadro, tabela

Antonyms

• (a woman with very small breasts): peituda

Derived terms

dar tábua levar tábua tábua de frios tábua de queijos

tábua de Pitágoras tábua de ressonância tábua rasa

Related terms

• tabela
• tabuada
• tabuado
• tabuame
• távola